The Sun. — London, England, 1838-02-07 00:00:00

I • LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, FEB. 6.—Wind S.E., moderate.—Arrived and proceeded the Spring, Wilson, from Newcastle to'Gibraltar. Came down from the River, and proceeded, the North Ash, Sprague, for Teneriffe. PORTSMOUTH., FEB. s.—Arrived the Flora, Hassell, from Ivica ; longe Maria, from Smyrna; Anna, Barrend, and Emanuel, Mow, from Messina; Boyne', Austin, from Bayonne; Fame, Rennard, from Guernsey, with loss of an anchor and chain ; Traveller, Finlay, from Sunderland. The Bolivar, Patrick, having completed her lading, sailed this morning for Berbice. The Spermaceti, Allen, from St. John's, New Brunswick, to Stockholm, arrived here with loss of anchor, 40 fathoms chain, and windlass cut through in Seaford Roads ; she is come into the harbour.: PLYMOUTH, FEB. s.—Wind E.—Arrived the City of Edinburgh. patter, from Sydney, New South Wales ; Britons' Queen, and Adelina, Bradford, from St. Michael's; Montreal, Griffin, from New York; Elizabeth, from New Orleans. Put back, the Marie Louise, for Lon don ; Olive Branch, Tubbs, for Poole. SWANSEA, FEB. s. —Arrived the Ellen, Yeoman, St. Jago de Cuba. CORK, FEB. 4 . —Arrived the Sarah, Dart, from Valparaiso ; Thomas, Richardson, from Trinidad. The Mary Caroline, from Liverpool, put into Cork leaky, bound to St. John's, New Brunswick. DUBLIN, Faa. s . —Arrived the Happy Return, Sherris, St. Michael's. LANDS-END, FEB. s. —Arrived off port, the Herald, St. Michael's. SHANNON, FEB. 4 . —Arrived the Barossa (transport) Mauritius. COWES, FEB. s . —Arrived the Borealis, Birnie, from Cadiz ; Dominica, Proctor, from Honduras. POOLE, FEB. s. —Arrived the Susan, Brooks, from Newfoundland. SCILLY, FEB. 4 . —Arrived off port, the Stirling, from Zante ; St. Patrick, from St. Andrew's, New Brunswick ; William Hamley, Ogilvy, from Rio Janeiro; Fame, from Trinidad. FatmouTit, FEB. s . —Wind E fresh gales and squally.—Arrived the Lapwing (packet) from West Indies, sailed from St. Thomas's on the 2d ; Sir Edward Paget, Hall, from Madras ; Keu Mattle, Ness, from Terra Vecchia; Ramona (steamer), King, frorrid cruise; sailed the Liver pool (steamer), for Vigo, Oporto, &c. Speakings.—The Fame, of and for London, from Trinidad, which vessel has on board the master and crew of the Ann, of and for Liverpool:from St. Andrew's, fallen in with on the 14th of January, in lat. 38'05 N. lon. 33 . 52 W., waterlogged, by the steamer Ramona. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 6.—Wind S.S.E., moderate.—Arrived the Allen, Butman, from Savannah ; Henry Leeds, Marshall, from Charleston ; and Duchess of Clarence, James, from Messina. Off port, the Straf ford, from New Orleans ; Eli, Whitney, from Savannah ; and Amphi trite, from Smyrna. Sailed the Susannah, for Havannah ; Liverpool, for Calcutta; and Henriette, for Lisbon, &c. The Hope, of Chepstow, was on shore near Belfast the 3d instant— cargo (timber) landed. The Ann, from St. Andrew's to Liverpool, was abandoned at sea the 14th ult., being water-logged. The Trio, Kemp, and Syrey, Higgins, bound to Odessa, are on shore in the Black Sea —crew saved. The Midas, Clark, from Odessa to Bristol, was lost near Chili— master and one man drowned. THE FIS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. As yet we do not hear of any arrivals from the United States; but as a complete thaw has taken place, and the wind has shifted, we may expect daily arrivals from that quarter. We have received Buenos Ayres Papers to the 12th November. Chili journals were received there on Monday to the 14th ult. ; of c3urse there had not been time for any thing to be known respecting the opera tions of the expeditionary forces on the coast of Peru ; the intelli. gence conveyed from that country by private letters represent Bolivia ripe for revolt. We have received Montevideo papers to the 9th. The news from the army under the President Oribe comes down to the 7th January. He had been reinforced, and was in march to seek his opponents. Exchange on England sd. to 584. per dollar. The highest price of doubloons during the week 143 dollars. A mail has arrived from Jamaica by the Lapwing—sailed on the 27th December, by which we have received Jamaica papers to 28th Dec. The House of Assembly was yesterday (15th December) prorogued until this day ; the Governor having given his assent to the various Bills. After which, his Excellency the Governor was pleased to deliver the following Speech :-,-- " Gentlemen of the Council, Mr. speaker, and Gentlemen of the Assembly, " The failure of the most important Bills in their progress to me—l mean the Police and Process Bills—and my desire to avert, if possible, the serious consequences which may result from the loss of them—com pel me to resort to a short prorogation, which I trust will not be attended with great inconvenience to yourselves. " Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the Assembly, " When I consented to your adjournment, I did not contemplate the contingency which has arisen. I was actuated by my desire to grant your request, and nothing but my conviction of the embarrassment which the loss of these Bills will entail upon the Island at large, induces Me now to interfere with your wishes. " Gentlemen of the Council,— " I do now, in her Majesty's name, prorogue this General Assem. bly until to - morrow (this day), the 16th instant, and it is hereby pro rogued accordingly." HOUSE TO MEET AT TEN O'CLOCK—NEW SESSION— HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY—GOVERNOR'S OPENING SPEECH. " Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the Assembly,— " It has been my anxious desire to avoid interrupting the progress of your public business, and nothing but paramount necessity induces me to resort to the late prorogation. " I therefore avail myself of the opportunity to invite your considera tion of a measure for securing to the Island the services of the police beyond the period contemplated by the present law, and I shall be much gratified if the result of your deliberations enable me to assent to a Bill for that desirable purpose. " You are already in possession of the views of her Majesty's Government on- the subject. " Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the Assembly, " I cannot too strongly impress upon you the difficulties which I ap. prebend, should I be compelled to disband the police force; and I have no means at my disposal of continuing the present establishment without your co-operation. " I have also to call your attention to the Process law, and to submit to your consideration the propriety of fixing a more adequate allowance for Crown witnesses than they at present receive." The House then adjourned for a quarter of an hour ; the chair being resumed, the Address was read a third time and passed, and shortly after presented. It goes on to state :—" May it please your Excellency, we, her Majesty's dutiful and loyal subjects, the Assembly of Ja. triaica, thank your Excellency for your speech at the opening of the Session, and nothing but a sense of paramount necessity induced Your Excellency to resort to the late prorogation ; that we are quite aware of the difficulties to be apprehended in the event of the police force being disbanded, and the subject received our serious deliberation during the last Session. We accede to your Excellency's invitation to re-consider the measure, as we are at all times desirous to meet, as far as we consistently can, the views of her Majesty's Government ; but our more important duty, is to pass such measures only as we consider beneficial to the interests of the colony. " The process law shall also have our attention." THE FUNDS. Consols closed heavy yesterday at 91i 4, and opened this morning still heavier at 91i sellers for the Account; since which the Market has rather a better appearance, and Consols tray be quoted at 91# a for the Account and Money, with little doing as yet ; Exchequer Bills, 56 57; India Bonds, 56 57; Bank Stock, 204 205; India Stock, 263 264. 0 Tth Foreigne o thepresent time Securities, and the prices may b a completestagnatione quoted prevails the i sa ns m pe e as they culation losed yesterday. Spanish Active, 151- -: Coupons; Portuguese, 27k; hree per Cents., 171 IS; Brazil, 741- ; Dutch Two.and.a.Half per ents., 521 531-. ~, PRICES OF STOCKS THI7 - Psiank Stock 2O-1 3% 4% 4 Per Cent. ..e.i. Per Cant. Cons ...... ...... ..91%%% Duper Cent — to Red.... IOONIA ICO 241 " , 3% per Cent 99 %%304 cw 5 per Cent link Long knnuitiestoexvir, an. 5, led" l5 1-16% • Oct. IQ, 184,9 Jan. 5, 1860 — Jan. 5, 1880 — ' April 5, Itot PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds Ale lgian Bonds — bltto Account I 1 raziliar, Bonds' ... -: ~. D itto Account .... . ... . plleans Ayres Bonds ... ...... -..— Ditto Account .. .......-• - Ch illian Bonds ' • • 1 Ditto Account . ' - Colu mbian Bonds .......... •• • Ditto Account V3luinbian Bonds, :824 24l:i l' Ditto Account . bulish Bonds . ' Ditto Account. " -0 re e k Bonds ..." ......... ... Ditto Bonds, 1825 . - • Ditto Account 'Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent.... Ditto Account ...-- DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. India 5t0ck........ Ditto Bonds South S2a. SDck — 101 d knnnities [ lif - W Ditto , 3 per Cent. Annuities, !751 — Exch. Bills, Zl,;sio 55 57 cm Ditto. 5011 55 57 pm. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial Ditto Advertised — on , Bank Stock for Account 20 1 14 Indlis Stock for Account 292 Consols for Acconnt 91%%%% THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds Ditto Account ..„.. , Portuguei.teßonds — Ditto Account — Ditto New Bonds — D:tto Account Ditto, 3 per cent......... 17N% 18 Prof sian Bonds ....... Russian Bonds, 182' , • Ditto Account.-- Ditto Metallic. Spanish Bonds — Ditto Account .. Ditto Bonds, 1834 I BX, .% • Ditto Acconnt ......... ....... French, 5 per cent .... ..... --f. —c. . ---- 4 per cent. . 3 per cent.. . Exchange Dutch, 2I per cent. '3 2% Ditto Account Ditto, S per cent — Ditto Account IS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. . Brazilian Imperial Minin g t Paid o. (issued at 5/. pm.) 20 Per Share. Ditto St. John del R ev 9. 3I VI, Dublin and Kilkenny Railway Company ...... Great Western Railway Company 65 62 1% 2% Brighton Railway Company London and Birmingham Railway Company 9O 165 4 London mad Southampton (New) Railway 5 21 London and Croydon Railway Company Ditto Scrip 5 Stiith Eastern and Dover Railway Company 7 Anti Dryrot Company 17% COURSE OF EXCHANGE YESTERDAY. Amsterdam Oitto. at sight C.F. 12 5% Gibraltar 4B 12 3Z Leghorn... Rotterdam g,,,,,,, 2U. 12 6 1 2 Genoa 'l2 'X 15 Antwerp 12 5 Milan '9l pAlHamburg." M.B. 13 13% Venice O6 t°,,i:,a..., .................................. 13 13% Naples '38% t i itto' 'i days' sight • 25 65 Palermo per oz. 117% A 1 „,,,,_•. ;e .. s . .............••3 Ms. 25 95 Lisbon 53 14 thql7ll,a, ux• ...................... 26 0 Oporto . 53% ...... ! ............... 26 0 Rio Janeiro 28% trelteirk.flo)rt on Maine, Ex. M. 153 Bahia 25 Berlin nigh, ruble ...... 3 Us. 10 Buenos Ayres Vienna, ................. I ........... . 7 3 Dublin, 21 days' sight % ttaties rid .... e .. ff.del9 .. t t t i o v ... .. ............. M. 10 11 Cork 10 13 PRICE OF BULLION, PER OZ. .................. Portugal Gold, coin ...t.O 0 ,t!4i,fiii. ............................ 3r 4 Foreign Gold, in bars 317 9 kreeain•Li. ........................ 34 New Doubloons 5ii,,,,,_ .u . a ........... ' e ........ •'•••^•••••••••.... 34 Silver, bars, standard 0 4 11% HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK. Ditto, 6 per cent. Ditto Account... Neapolitan — PRICES OF SHARES TM THE MAGAZINES. TAIT' S. Tait has been always celebrated for his admirable digest of new books, and his notice of " Lockhart's Life of Scott" will not derogate from his reputation. This review is penned throughout in a manly, impartial spirit. It be trays neither likes nor dislikes ; but speaks the plain, undi luted truth. Its extracts are as well selected as they arc numerous. They give indeed the very essence—" the blood, bones, and marrow"—of the volumes. As a speci men of the Reviewer's manner, we give an anecdote quoted by him, and referring to Scott's loyal exertions to get up a gorgeous state-pageant on that memorable occasion when his Majesty George the Fourth was graciously pleased to turn the light of his broad countenance on his enraptured city of Edinburgh : " It was hinted—nay, it was openly said and fully believed—that the sexagenarian dandy and voluptuary felt the ardour, the empressement, of honest Scott, who thrust himself into all his affairs, as somewhat over_ officious ; and, so to say, assuming, or impertinent. Sir Walter, in short, was too much excited, hurried, and worn, to be able to play throughout the dextrous, observant courtier; and his Majesty was equally worn out with the public part which he had to play, and which suited ill with his tastes and habits. The self-love of the fastidious monarch could not easily forgive that absurd exhibition, in kilt and full tartans, into which he had been seduced by his Scottish counsellors ; which, in an evil hour, Sir William Curtis rather over-trumped than parodied. His Majesty got into very bad humour, in short ; and " silly or maliciqus persons" said with Scott, though it could only have been with Scott among others. Mr. Lockhart cites one letter from Mr. Peel, and another from Mr. Croker, to prove that no coolness, no rising or disgust of the Royal stomach with Sir Walter existed. He has, in the copious narrative of these busy and important days, given a great deal of extraneous stuff, which ought to be thrown into the jaw -hole of the Appendix ; but, with all this, Mr. Lockhart has totally forgotten one fact which gave strong colour to all that was known and surmised of the Royal displeasure with Sir 'Walter. His Majesty, who accepted lodgings at the residence of the minor Duke of Buccleugh, had not crossed the threshold of any other private dwelling in Scotland, but one day, and that a memorable day. THE KING WAS COMING TO DINE AT 39, CASTLE. STREET! George IV., the most haughty and fastidious of princes, was to honour the humble dwelling of the nation's poet, and his own knight. The exultation of Sir Walter—by nature, training, and interest, the worshipper of rank—may be imagined. His party was arranged, his cards were issued, and no pains or exertion of influence, personal and col lateral, were spared to give the entertainment to Majesty all the eclat with which the beauty, birth, or talent of the Northern Capital could illus trate so 'superior an occasion.' His Majesty either repented of his con descension ; or Sir Walter had trusted to the strength of his own wishes in imagining so great an honour ever intended for him ; or the Scottish nobility, Crown officers, and ancient gentry, might be imagined jealous of the unwonted favour shown to the attorney's son, the new Knight of the new Abbotsford. However it was, the anticipated visit of Royalty ended in smoke, and those in the secret, and not to be of the party, laughed maliciously at the ungratefully-requited labourer in the cause of itine rating Majesty." " Canada" adopts the anti-ministerial view of this, at pre sent, all-engrossin g question. The article is written with force and animation, but its politics are questionable. " The Trial of the Glasgow Cotton-spinners" is a sound, practi cal paper, and deserves to be read with attention by all members of trades' associations. It gives the best advice in the most friendly spirit ; and, in particular, warns all Operatives to beware of false prophets, who " lead men into scrapes, and then get out of them themselves, as best they may." In the tale of the " Somnambulist" there is much amusing reading, but it is too long, consequently its effect is weakened. The most generally acceptable paper, however, is the one entitled " The London Peripatetic," in which several brief, but piquant sketches are given of the personal appearance of the leading drama tists about town. The majority of them, as we learn by this lively article, are generally to be seen lounging and gossiping with each other at the end of Bow-street, near Long-acre, at about two o'clock in the day —most probably on their way home from rehearsal. Here, at that hour, may be seen Macready "in a dark, blue suit, and rather broad-brimmed hat, with a yellow cane ;" Serle, " whose smile almost amounts to a laugh ;" Bartley " attired in mourning and evidently in thought ;" Yates, who " ner vously jerks his way forward, saluted on all sides ;" Dowton " in thick-soled shoes, and a brown George wig, who walks as if he indented the pavement at each step ;" Charles Kemble " bowed by years, with an eye-glass swinging loosely from his neck ;" Madame Vcstris " with lustrous eyes, dark ringlets, and borrowed roses ;" Mon crieff, " who totters by aid of a stick and the arm of a guide, with grey locks hanging over the collar of his coat ;" and lastly, Mr. Thompson, who, " from his peripatetic pro pensities, has acquired the cognomon of omnipresent Thompson." We can ourselves bear testimony to the justice of this cognomen. Six times a week, at least—co matter where we happen to be walking, or at what hour— we are sure to encounter—Mr. Thompson! His pleasant, good-natured countenance meets us in the City, at the West-end, in the Borough, in the broad area of Russell square—in short, in every quarter of the metropolis. We sus pect that, if not endowed with übiquity, he has at least the power ofself-multiplication ; for we have met him at 12 o'clock in the City, and, but an hour or so after, rolling his way down Guildford-street. Should we chance to be three days without seeing his smiling, welcome face, we consider it an ill omen. But the most extraordinary thing is—so extra ordinary, indeed, as to be positively awful—that age seams to have produced not the slightest alteration in the face or figure of this clever actor. Though it is full ten years since we have been in the habit of daily seeing him, he looks as alert and as youthful as ever. Time has frosted our hairs ; dug wrinkles, as big as cart-ruts, in our cheeks ; and planted crows-feet about our eyes ; but has wholly spared Mr. Thompson. As he is now, so has he been for twelve years past ; and so perhaps he will continue to all eternity ; for, at times, we are not without a suspicion, that he is neither more nor less than St. Leon! The article on which we have thus enlarged is an exceedingly amusing one ; and, we hope, therefore, our Radical friend Tait will give us more of the like. N 6 liyi _ (From the Jamaica W a t c h man, D ec . 20.) A sltellsay vessel came into th e B a y on S un d ay ; a man on board had ..n ee it was the most dreadful sight he ever witnessed. The people the t"'.een short of water, and about one hundred of them had died from pi a fe ll " of their capture; the survivors were huddled together upon 6re t atn n '' s, where they could not sit upright ; the poor wretches, the c°nPart of wh om were young girls, were quite exhausted with the h„," e n ‘ e e i nent, and were all naked, being covered only with sores ; they to st':l:n removed to the steam.engine house, where they will be able matt ra U Pright. The Captain is said to be very indifferent about the 130th the British and Foreign Funds have continued during the the t , t g very he avy , w i th scarce any speculat i ons transacting ; no doubt Whi,.`ont state of our affairs with the United States, is the chief cause c " o ' n ' s oP P r esses the M ar k et. 11 . ills, maY be q uoted at present 91A for the Account; Exchequer qkli a per day ; India Bends, 55 57; Bank Stock, 204 ; Th e '"•263A, w i3O h r t. eign Market a l so cont i nues ver y i n a c ti ve . S pan i s h A ct i ve, Uteh .rit - "Pons; Portuguese 271 heavy.; per Cents. 17i ; "°•and-a-Half per Cents. 54—London Three and Brighton 31 pr. lB THREE 0' CL 0 CK. ~ n sols f or the Account, 91k. hs kr. Bomaa.e, the actor, whose death was announced la „::" the papers lately, met with ase ~re accident about how a ge, and bad to undergo a surgical operation, but be 41 a fair way of recovery. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRIXARY 7, 1838. BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY The first chapter of " Oliver Twist" this month, which describes a tender and delicate flirtation scene between the pompous Mr. Bumble, the parish beadle, and Mrs. Corney, the matron of the workhouse, who has " been left a help less widow-woman for five-and-twenty years," is full of rich humour, without, however, violating the proprieties of nature. Boz keeps up this desultory tale with remarkable spirit ; but we trust he will not lay too much stress on his flash scenes at the old Jew's. Enough is as good as a feast —especially in sketches of this nature. " Poisoners of the Seventeenth Century" is as interesting historiette, something after the manner of D'lsraeli's Curiosities of Literature. When Mr. Hogarth has completed these singular articles, he should republish them under the title of " Curiosities of Crime." The sketch of a " Sporting Ramble in the Highlands" is a common-place theme, treated in a common-place style. In the broad extravaganza of the " Cannon family at Bologne" there is some rich description. The account of the duel is ludicrous in the extreme. " Nights at Sea" contain an anecdote told by an old sailor about his method of providing dogs, on the spur of the moment, for a shooting excursion, which is quite equal to any of the numerous characteristic anecdotes re lated by the veracious Samuel Weller to his all-believing master, Pickwick. " English Comforts" is very serious and premeditated prosing ; and Dr. %Vagen's sketch of " Artists in England" not much better. The " Innkeeper of Ander matt" is a striking incident which might have been turned to better account. Marks of haste and carelessness are visible throughout this article. We should have noticed this periodical, together with some others, before, but it did not reach us till three o'clock on the lst—just as The Sun was going to press. Our very contracted limits pre vent us from giving extracts. MONTHLY REPOSITORY. The Editor's strictures on that remarkable publication, the " Diary of the Times of George the Fourth," which rumour, we know not with what justice, has attributed to the pen of Lady Charlotte Bury, though severe in the extreme, are replete with truth. Mr. Leigh Hunt boldly sets his face against all such scandal and idle tittle-tattle as are contained in the work in question, and denounces them in terms creditable to his sense of propriety. We cannot too highly commend the spirit and temper that have dictated this earnest diatribe. " A Hymn to Bishop Saint Valentine" is a lively, rhymed jeux d'esprit, in Mr. Hunt's most popular manner. It has all the airy and cordial qualities of his " Feast of the Poets." " A Brief Eulogium on Snuff" is ingenious ; but snuff-taking needs no culo gium. It is a truly classical and orthodox practice ; in proof whereof, we may instance the well-filled waistcoat pocket of Dr. Paley, who used to shovel a handfull or so up his nose at a pinch. Gibbon, too, was a prodigious snuff-taker, and had it not been for this indispensable sti mulant, we might probably never have had " The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire." .‘ What great events from little causes spring !" The poem of " Rosabel" is a truly graceful production, far superior to the ordinary run of periodical poetics. Tho Author has sound staff iu Lim-- much fancy, and feeling in proportion. In his manner, he reminds us occasionally of Wordsworth. But he is no ser- F vile imitator. " Taylor, the Platonist," is a reminiscence of a very able and eccentric Greek scholar, who died tin other day, after having translated all the Greek sophists, from Plato to Proclus. We take for granted that his publisher also died of the speculation. Mr. Taylor, like the late Major Cartwright, was literally a man of one idea All modern literature he held in the most profound con tempt, and spent a long life exclusively in the perusal of the philosophers of Greece. He scarcely even tolerated Homer and the dramatists, so incurably wedded was he to his philosophical hobby. If he met you on a rainy day in the streets, he would talk to you under his umbrella— which, by the bye, was as classical as himself, for it re minded you of the sieve of the Danaides—about the last new chapter of Proclus which he had just finished ; and, if in particular good humour, would promise to read it you— by way of a treat ! Yet a kinder or more beneficent spirit than Mr. Taylor never walked the earth. He was as un sophisticated as an infant, and could he but have desisted from seizing you by the button-hole, would have been all but perfect. The Memoir before us gives some pleasant anecdotes of this good-natured Platonist, together with some specimens of his translations from the Orphic Hymns. FRASER'S MAGAZINE. We have here a continuation of the article en the " French Newspaper Press," which acquaints us with the character and circulation of all the daily Journals which are published in Paris. One of the most flourishing of these is, it seems, the Cortrricr Francais, which is under the controul of a gentleman named Chatelain ; is honest and independent in its politics, which are those of the Opposition ; is con• ducted with skill and ability ; and " advocates, when neces sary, the cause of Protestantism against any attacks or unjust influence on the part of the Romish priests." The National used to be thu most powerful political organ in France, and the most prosperous, notwithstanding the fre quent and expensive Government prosecutions against it ; but since the death of Armand Carrell, it has lost much of its influence, though it still keeps up a large circulation. " Whitfield's Life and Times" is a just review of a lately published memoir of this famous evangelical preacher, whose character is thus tersely pourtrayed :—" 'Whitfield's soul burned with the love of whatsoever things are pure, and just, and lovely, and of good report. The enthusiasm of heaven was in the man's heart. The world above him had displaced the world beneath him from his soul. He drank divinity from air, ocean, earth, and heaven. His very pen was tinctured with the hues of eternity." If we remember rightly, it is of this celebrated preacher, or per haps Huntingdon, that the anecdote is recorded, that he one night prayed for a new pair of corduroy shorts, and next morning found them under his pillow ! The " State of the Stage" is a lengthy disquisition, but like most such disquisitions, comes to no conclusion. Surely there need be no more wordy speculations on the cause of the decline of the drama! The cause lies in a nut-shell. People will not pay to go and see it. They prefer reading at home, frequenting clubs, or dancing in drawing-rooms. The " Fabulists" is a light, rambling essay, chiefly on Gay and Fontaine. The remaining articles call for no particular comment. NATIONAL 21.121 GAZINE. The essay, or criticism, or whatever else it may be called, on " Combe's Phrenology," opens in a most grave and grandiloquent style, and ends, as might be anticipated from such a commencement, in just nothing at all. The mountain labours ; its throes are convulsive—awful ; and the result is a mouse ! The author explicitly states that he is gnorant of phrenology, yet pretends to prove that it is false. It is so ; yet its falsity is not to be demon strated by an avowed Ignoramus. We have generally ob served that men with unexceptionable foreheads are strongly tempted to place faith in this system ; while those who are deficient in sound moral, mental, and virtuous bumps, are decided sceptics. The " Abbey Grange" is a passable story, illustrated by a spirited lithographic engraving. Th e " Reviews of New Books," which occupy a promi nent place in this periodical, seem to us to be fairly enough executed. In particular, the notice of a foolish tragedy entitled the " Cicisbeo" is smartly, and even humorously, written. BL A CEW 0 OD' S LADY'S MAGAZINE—NEW MONTHLY BELLE A S SEMBLEE. Two periodicals which cater chiefly to the tastes of the fair sex, and not unsuccessfully, inasmuch as they have much sentimental poesy, a brace of sentimental tales each, and the fashions of the month engraved and described with all the skill and care that such important matters deserve. UNITED SERVICE JOURNAL. The most entertaining article in the Number before us, is the description of the famous battle of Ostrolenka, which, it may be remembered, was fought between the Poles and Rus sians, some months after the former had broken out into open insurrection, in that year of revolutions, 1830. This sketch—which is from the pen of a brave Polish officer who was engaged in the battle—is drawn with consummate spirit and vividness, and is illustrated by a map, showing the exact position of the two armies during the sanguinary conflict. Next in interest to this, is the account of the present state of the " cavalry" colonies in the south of Russia, which has a very recommendatory matter-of-fact ❑ess about it. THE ECCLESIASTICAL LEGAL GUIDE, Hodson, Fleet-street. This is a compilation said to be selected and arranged from the private papers and documents of a succession of Secretaries to Archbishops and Bishops, from cases and opinions of civil lawyers, and from decisions of the Judges in matters relating to ecclesiastical offices and property. In thil. Number there is a good deal of legal information, on the subject of sequestrations, simony, perpetual cura cies, &c., which must prove useful to the clergy, patrons, churchwardens, and parish officers. CHRISTIAN REFORMER. Sherwood and Co. Of the articles in the present Number, those on the " Quaker Controversy in England," and on the" University of Gottingen," together with Mr. Wood's " Letters on Ame rica," are the most calculated to interest the general reader. They will well reward an attentive perusal. The reviewing department displays, as usual, much ability. We regret that want of space should prevent us from giving so ample a notice of the varied contents of this Number as their importance deserves. ARBORETUM BRITANNICUM. Nos. 52, 53, 6-54. Longman and Co. This excellent work will be completed in two more Numbers at the utmost, after which the price will be raised to non-subscribers. It will form one of the best Encyclopaedias of Arboriculture ever published. THE ARCHITECTURAL MAGAZINE-THE SUBURBAN GARDENER. Longman and Co. Two very useful publications, conducted, with care and ability, by Mr. J. C. Loudon. The several plans for lay ing out gardens, lawns, pleasure-grounds, and parks, ought to be in the hands of every country gentleman, and every citizen with even a rood of ground attached to his country house. METROPOLITAN. This is a very fair average Number. Tha " Parliamenta r y Portraits" are continued, apparently by the same hand that commenced them, and contain a good graphic account of a scene of mirth in the House of Commons, which took place last session, during the discussion of an Irish question, and in which Sir Robert Peel figured as chief comic performer, not a little to the surprize and admiration of the House. In the " Note Book of an Irish Barrister" we have an into resting account o f th e r i se o f M r. O'L ogh li n at t h e Irish bcr, which o n some more l e i sure d ay we may b e tem pted . to quote ; but as a w h o l e , t h e art i c l e i s h eavy, an d f ar too full of simil es an d metap h ors. The " Mariner ' s Daug ht e r" 1s an indifferent t a l e f rom t h e pen o f t h e author of " Cavendish." THE SPORTSMAN. The present Number is by no means inferior to its pre cursors, whether we regard the matter or illustrations. The two engravings which welcome us to the " Sports man's" cheer are pleasing performances, executed with much truth and fidelity, as well as spirit. We have read with considerable satisfaction a paper on Deer Shooting in the Highlands, from which we give the following brief extract : deer shooting, the Highland spol . timen, .twatc of tl,c ba t mts of animals, approach the part of the forest or mountains with the utmost caution, as silently and as stealthily as possible; yet, although the pro gress of the party is necessarily slow, very considerable excitement is experienced, nor can any person duly appreciate the feeling who has not partaken of, or enjoyed, the diversion. At length the herd is dis. covered, by means of the telescope in general, at the distance of a mile and a halfperhaps, when the party halts, and after a short consultation, the attendant Highlanders are despatched circuitously for the purpose of getting to the windward of the deer, and driving them towards the am bushed sportsmen. Deer, like all other animals, have peculiar habits; they have certain directions which they are almost sure to take—certain tracks, known to the Highlanders, by the sides of which, at a proper distance, the sportsmen secrete themselves with rifle ready, waiting in breathless anxiety for the approach of their game. The active High_ landers, accustomed to traverse this rugged country, get round the deer much quicker than a stranger would suppose. In due time a whistle is heard, the signal that the game are approaching, which consequently puts the ambushed marksman on the qui sine. Well, bang ! bang! go the rifles. If the ball take effect in the right place, there is no diffi culty; but if the game be only wounded,, a large wire-haired dog or Iwo (erroneously denominated bloodhounda) are slipped after it by which it is secured. LONDON AND EDINBURGH PHILOSOPIIL CAL MAGAZINE. B. and J. E. Taylor, Red Lion -court. The present Number of this journal contains valuable contributions to science, from the pens of some of the most eminent philosophers of the day, Dalton, Lubbock, Scblei den, and others. Among the articles of scientific intel ligence we find the following announcement of a very re markable and most interesting fact :—" Mr. Becquerel has made the following communication to the French Aca demy Dr. Prevost, of Geneva, has succeeded in mag netizing very delicate soft iron needles, by placing them near to the nerves, and perpendicular to the direction which he supposed the electric current took. The mag netizing took place at the moment when on irritating the spinal marrow a muscular contraction was effect9d in the animal.' " ECLECTIC REVIEW. Bull. The February Number of this Dissenting periodical, a new series of which was lately commenced, is distinguished by the variety of its contents, and by the talent with which the different subjects aro treated. We have sometimes imagined that the spirit of the Eclectic Review was not quite so tolerant as, under all circumstances, it ought to have been ; but we are glad to say that in the Number be fore us, we see nothing that can be supposed to.trench on religious liberty, taken in its most enlarged sense. On the contrary, the conductors of this work seem to act, in their editorial capacity, under a conscientious impression of the great duty of holding inviolate the right of private judg ment in matters of religion—a right which multitudes who acknowledge it in words are in the constant habit of im pugning in practice. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen gave audiences yesterday to Viscount Mel bourne and Lord Hill. The Royal dinner party at the New Palace last evening in cluded Viscount Melbourne, Viscount Falkland, Mr. and Lady Agnes Byng. The Band of the Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards were in attendance at the Palace during the evening. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, visited the British Insti tution, in Pall-mall, yesterday. The Duke of Cambridge honoured Sir Henry Halford with his company at dinner, on Monday, at his residence in Curzon street. The Russian and French Ambassadors visited Viscount Palmerston yesterday at the Foreign Office. Lord Erskine transacted business yesterday at the Foreign Office. Mr. Whitbread had an interview with Viscount Melbourne yesterday in Downing -street. Lord Sandon, Mr. Scholefield, and a deputation had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday, at the Home Office. Dispatches were received yesterday afternoon at the Foreign Office from Sir Frederick Lamb, Ambassador at Vienna. The Commander of the Forces had an interview with Lord Glenelg yesterday at the Colonial Office. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yesterday There were present Lord Brougham, Mr. Baron Parke, Mr. Justice Bosanquet, and the Chief Judge in Bankruptcy. The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council in wait ing. Mr. Burge, Q. C., was heard in an appeal from the Supreme Court of Civil Justice of Berbice, in the colony of British Guiana—William Christian Retemeyer v. Jan Frede rick Obermuller. Mr. Parker followed on the same side. Dr. Lushington was heard for the respondent. This case oc cupied the whole of the day, and was not concluded at four o'clock, when the Court rose. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVAL S. Lord Duncan, in Seymour-place, from Southampton; the Earl of Harrov)v, in Grosvenor-square, from Sandon Hall, his seat in Staffordshire ; Lady Charlotte Bury, in Con naught-place, from Leamington Spa, Warwickshire ; the Earl of Jersey, in Berkeley-square, from a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of Chandos, at Wootton, near Aylesbury ; Lord Clements, in Grosvenor-street, from Irelaud ; Sir J. B. Hepburn, from Leamington Spa ; Sir William Somerville, Bart., at the Burlington Hotel, C or k- s t ree t, f rom Bif rons , near Canterbury ; Lady Duff Gordon, in Hertford-street, from Warwickshire ; Viscount Ebrington, in Spring-gardens, from the Castle, Exeter ; the Duke and Duchess of Montrose, in Belgrave-square, from Paris ; Mr. and Mrs. A. Smith, in Hyde Park-place, from their scat, in Hants ; Lord Albert Conyngham, in Hill-street, from the seat of the D owager Marchioness of Conyngham, near Canterbury; Sir A. and Lady Dalrymple, from Brighton ; Lord Leveson, M. P., at Devonshire House, Piccadilly, from a visit to the Earl and Countess of Granville, at Paris ; Major Wildman, at Mivart's Hotel, Brook-street, from Newstead Abbey, Northampton. shire ; Lord and Lady Dacre, in Chesterfield -street, from their scat, the Hoo, Welwyn ; Sir R. O'Connell, from Paris ; M r . E. 13. Farnham, M. P.. at Mivart's Hotel, from his seat, Quorndon Hall ; General and Mrs. Sharpe, at Fenton's Hotel, from Leamington ; M. E. N. Parker, Esq., M.P., at ditto, from Whiteway, Devon ; J. P. Gubbins, Esq., at ditto, from a tour ; James Daly, Esq , at ditto, from St. Leonards ; Rev. A. Tumor, at ditto, from Lincolnshire ; C. Tumor, Esq., at ditto, from Berks ; R. W. Barton, Esq., at ditto, from Springwood, near Manchester : Henry Barton, Esq., at Rangemoro, Li c hfi e ld ; J. N. Wigney, Esq., at ditto, from ditto, from Brighton. DEPARTURES. Lord Barham, from Coulson's Hotel, for the seat of Sir Gerard Noel, Exton Park, Rutland; Mr. and Mrs. Fitz gerald and family, for Guilford House, Dover ; Lord Henry Kerr, for the Ship Hotel, Dover; Mr. and Mrs. Pigott, for ditto; Mr. and Mrs. Spencer, for the Marine Parade, Dover ; Bence, for ditto ; L or d D ungannon, from Dover- Colonel stree t, on a visit to the Marquis of Londonderry, at Wynyard Park, Durham ; Admiral Sir Henry and Lady Neate, for Paris; Earl and Countess Somers, for the Priory, Reigate; Sir Henry F letcher, for Br ighton ; Earl H owe , f rom South Audley-street, for Gopsall, Leicestershire ; Countess de Pon thieu, for Esher, Surrey; Mr. Venables Vernon, for Knowle Hall, Somersetshire. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. PREFERMENTS, &c. Th e Rev Geo. Augustus H owe, to the Vicarage of Bo m, Sus s e x , vacant by th e d eath of the Rev. William Eel_ Bo sham, Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Chichester. wicfho Rev. George Robert Tuck, M. A. Fellow and T u t or o f Emmanuel Colle g e, Ca mbridge, to the Rectory of Wal lin Hertfordshire, vacant b y t h e death of the Rev. T. M e Patron,. the M aster of Emmanuel College. The R:). c Ebden, M . A., Head Master of Ipswich G r ammar School, to the Vi carage of Great Stukeley, Hunt ingdonshire.Patrons, th e M asters an d F e ll ows of Trinity College, Cambridge. The nishop of Lond on h as appo i nte d t h e Rev. Charles Chisholm, M A., Rector of So u th c h urc h , E ssex, to be a Rural Dean for the Deanery of Rochford. The Members of the Committee of Grosvenor College, Bath, have elected the Rev. George Frederick Noad, B. A., Worcester College, Classical Master of that Institution. The Rev. F. Spring, Curate of St. Paul's Church, Wol verhampton, to be Assistant Chaplain at Bombay. The Rev. D. P. Davies, late of Belper, Derbyshire, has been elected Master of the Free Grammar and Navigation School, Carmarthen, conducted for many years by the late Rev. D. Peter. -- Letters received at the apartments of the King of Hanover, at St. James's Palace, mention the serious illness of his Royal Highness Prince George, the Crown Prince, who has been long in a delicate state of health. On the 23d ult. the Prince was not better. The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury have issued cards of invitation to the Russian Ambassador and a large party of nobility, to a grand dinner on Saturday next. The Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne will entertain a distinguished party to dinner on Sunday evening, at Lansd owne House. Lord and Lady Beresford entertained Mr. and Mrs. Adam Hope, Sir Frederick and Lady Meath, and a select party at dinner on Monday evening, in Cavendish square. The Earl of Courtown will, ere many weeks, lead to the altar the Lady Eleanor Howard, eldest daughter of t h e Earl o f Wicklow. Lord Courtown is a widower, having married in 1822 a sister of the present Duke of Buccleugh, by whom he had three children, all of whom are living. The bride elect is in her 21st year. The Belgian G overnme nt has followed the example of the Russian Government, and has sent two artillery officers to London to acquire a thorough knowledge of Baron Heur teloup's system of arming troops. These officers—the one Colonel Baron Witten, and the other Captain Neuens— arrived at the end of last week. Lord Leveson arrived at Devonshire House last evening with despatches from the Embassy at Paris. Princ e E ster h azv , A m b assa d or o f A ustria to our Court was expected to arrive in Paris the course of the present month, on his way from Vienna to London. The Duke (lc Frias and M. Isturiz left Paris for Madrid on Saturday last. Count Matuszewic is now on his way from St. Petersburg to Italy, to resume his diplomatic duties at Naples. IRISH POOR LAW. TO THE FRIENDS OF ‘ , :REAL JUSTICE" TO IRELAND. I respectfully address the following observations to humane persons of all parties and stations, whether Whigs, Tories, or Radicals, or persons designated by any other name of dis tinction, political or religious ; and I humbly hope that, if my remarks shall be found to possess any value, a variance from the political opinions of the author may not be a bar to their consideration by persons of humanity, or to their diffusion by the Press. I was fully aware, when I had a seat in Parliament, that many sincere friends to the poor of Ireland sat upon the oppo site side of the House from me ; and I acknowledge that some of the best managed estates in that country—estates whereon the people are most comfortable—are those of Tory absentee proprietors. I therefore feel bound to disconnect this subject from all party feelings. I have a confidence that there is a disposition among men of all parties in England ti do a tardy act of justice to Ireland by a legal provision for her poor ; but I think the condition of those to be relieved is r.o , understood, either by the British people or by British Mem bers of Parliament :•they are groping in the dark, misled by the ignorance of some, and the wilful misrepresentations of others. There is one or other of two great misfortunes hanging over us at the present moment—namely, the imposing on Ireland the proposed Poor Law Bill in its present form, or the total defeat of any legal enactment for the relief of the poor. Either of these would be great evils—the danger is imminent. There is a power opposed to any system of legalized relief, but the popular voice calls so strongly for some measure—it cannot be directly opposed ; but that power will be applied, through the medium of the just objections to the Government Bill, to the defeat of all and every proposition for relief. It has been said thtt the object of a Poor-law was simply to relieve destitution. I deny that this should be the sole object—a far more important object should be connected with that relief ; I mean the diminution of destitution. Any Poor law must act either beneficially or injuriously in this respect. Then in order to frame a fitting Poor-law for Ireland, the causes of destitution should be clearly understeod and constantly kept in mind. This part of the question appears to me to be wholly lost sight of; and that nothing else is considered, but how a certain (vaguely computed) number of paupers are to be imprisoned and fed in these prisons. My object, then, in the following observations shall be— First, to enquire into the causes of the extraordinary poverty which is admitted to exist in Ireland. Secondly, to shew the injurious operation of the proposed Poor-law Bill, with refe rence to poverty produced from these causes. And, Thirdly, to suggest such amendments as would tend to obviate the ob jections, and render it practically useful. If we look to all the Parliamentary Reports in which the condition of the Irish people has been referred to, we shall find that the poverty and crimes of that people are all traced to the nature of the relationship between landlord and tenant, and to the circumstances connected with the holding and letting of lands. I shall shortly refer to a few of these circumstances as stated in evidence. Ist. The extraordinary subdivision of land. The induce ments to this were either the avarice of the landlord, to obtain the highest possible rent ; or else his political ambition to create the greatest . possible number .of forty shilling free holders—or both acting together. 2d. The letting to middlemen. By which the landlord obtained a greater security, whilst the middleman was induced to give this security, by being permitted the power of extortion over the occupier, through the means of the unnatural compe tion created by minute subdivision. 3d. The letting of lands in joint tenancy. Whereby each individual tenant might be destrained for the rent of the whole concern, and the honest industrious man made responsible for the deficiences of the rogue or the idler. 4th. The extraordinary powers of destraining for rent pos sessed or used by the Irish landlord, which made him indiffe rent to the responsibility of the tenant whom be accepted on his lands. In proof of these statements I may refer to the evidence given in the Lords and Commons' Reports of 1824, 1825, and 1830, and to the late reports on the Irish Poor-law Inquiry. I shall make a few short extracts from these reports, with a view of inducing a reference to the reports themselves, by those who are desirous of being more fully informed. In the Commons' Report, 1830, (page 380), Mr. Bucheno says :—" The distress which exists in Ireland appears to me to be the consequence of the bad relation between landlord and tenant. He describes the kindness and generosity of English landlords, and then goes on to remark But in Ireland there is no such feeling; all the landlord looks to there is the im provement of his income, and the quantity of rent he can abstract.' Again, (page 384), he says the Irish landlords look upon their land merely as a money interest, and he ac counts for it thus Ireland was settled at the Cromwellian period, by persons who were soldiers and traders, who had imbibed a mercantile spirit, and who, in fact, seized the country as a profitable speculation. I think that spirit has continued.' In the Commons' Report, dated June 30, 1825, page 4, at the head of the list of matters to which remedial measures should be applied, the Committee places the defec tive state of the law of landlord and tenant. Again, in 1830, the Commons' Report, page 9, alludes to the wretched condi tion of ejected tenantries in certain districts, and other evils in the state of the tenantry, and then observes :—" Your Com mittee conceive that it is the imperative duty of individuals of the Government and of the Legislature, to consider what means can be devised to diminish this mass of suffering, and at the same time secure for the country a better economical condition, promoting a better management of estates, arid re gulating the relations between landlord and tenant on ra tional and useful principles." In the Lords' Report, in 1825, the extraordinary powers of distress enjoyed by the landlords are referred to by Mr. Nimmo. He states that he considers these powers injurious, because they have the effect of making the landlords indifferent to the responsibility of the tenants whom they introduce upon the lands, The fact is al luded to, that a great portion of the small te nants have no stock ; and that, consequently, the land lord has nothing to resort to but the growing crop. Mr. Nimmo replies—" Yes ; and I think the principle cause of that is from the great powers in the hands of the lessors ; there has been a general destruction of the stock of the country ; the whole of the stock of a farm has been swept of the boy killed the goose with the golden eggs—without any consideration of the future condition of thc country." This is a most important observation ; it accurately and unexaggeratedly describes the condition of a great portion of the Wrest and South of Ireland. What 'have quoted above are the statements of distinguished and competent individuals; and we lind an illustration of their statements in the pages of the evidence taken before the Irish Poor Inquiry Commission. I shall take a sample from the state of the parish of Burri shooll, as described in evidence, Appendix A. I should pre mise that in this parish all the impoverishing causes already detailed, as well as many others, have been in operation. Subdivision ; extortion by landlords, middlemen, and agents; repeated distraints ; the whole stock of the country has been swept off (as described in Mr. Nimmo's evidence above quoted) ; ejectments; changes of occupiers; &c. &c. And what is the consequence ? Mr. Hughes states that, out of a population consisting of nearly 11,000 souls, he does not believe that there are a dozen families (exclusive of the clergy, gentry, and shop keepers of Newport), who can have as much food as they would wish to consume at any one meal ; and yet this food is only potatoes, with water to drink ; and this is under their best circumstances ; at other times they cannot supply them selves with more than one meal in the day, and sometimes many of them not even that, unless it be supplied by charity. Now let us recollect these are the landholders of the country —the payers of the rents—brought to this state by the proceed ings of the receivers of the rents; that from these persons a a rental of about 7,0001. annually is extracted, either by mid dlemen or landlords—a rental not large in proportion to the extent of the parish, but which is an intolerable exaction, con sidered in proportion to the means ofpayznent. Let it be recollected—that those people are without the power of helping themselves to get out of this wretched con dition. Many of them have not cloathing so as to be able to leave their own houses, even to work in their own fields— how, then, can they look for work abroad? Their stock having been swept away, they cannot have manure to improve the condition of their land—so that it is progressively dete riorated by cropping without manure—and their poverty in creasing. Let it be recollected, that unless the evil be corrected by the landlords being compelled to change their course of proceed ings, you would have from this parish alone an annual claim of ten thousand souls for relief during at least four months of the year, and a progressive increase of pauperism. This one fact, which cannot be denied, is worth a thousand vague cal culations of the total amount of poor in Ireland. Let it be recollected that this is only a sample of a state ex tending itself over many other districts of Ireland. Now, if I could suppose that the Legislators of the Imperial Parliament would read these observations, I would call upon them to keep these facts in mind when they are constructing a Poor-law Bill for Ireland—a Bill without Settlement. I would earnestly press upon them—that their Bill would not be worth one farthing for goo& unless it be of such a nature that, whilst it provides for the relief of the poor—conditioned as I have described above—it shall also act in correcting the causes of destitution—by throwing a fitting responsibility on thelandlords for their respective tenantries ; but, on the other hand, it would be of incalculable power for evil—if it supplies (as it must do, to be of any use at all) relief to the pauperised tenant—without creating that responsibility—because it would compensate the misdoings of individuals by a national taxa tion, instead of forcing these individuals to correct the evils created by themselves. It would be paying the rack rents of the bad landlords out of the purses of the good landlords. I shall be answered this responsibility cannot be created ; I main tain it can, by the means I shall hereafter point out. It has been justly said that the poverty of the Irish people had been created by the misgovernment of England. I admit it ; but what has been the leading feature of that misgovern ment ? What has been the grand injustice perpetrated in the Government of Ireland as compared with the governm:2nt of England? The refusal of the poor man of Ireland of the right to support from the land of his birth, which was given to the poor man of England. Thus the Irish landlord had un restrained power without any correcting antidote to indulge every b2.(1 passion, every bad impulse which malice, avarice, or ambition could prompt him against the unfortunate occupiers of the soil in Ireland. I would ask any unprejudiced person whether this would have been the case if there had been a Poor-law in Ireland ?—if the landlords would have reverberated on themselves and produce their own cure? If a proper Poor law had existed, the penal enactments against the Catholic people, directed to the impoverishment of their condition, would have been practically so many blank parchments. Again, the poverty of Ireland is charged ripen absenteeism. Very true. But why does absenteeism injure us ? Becau.te the landlord can carry away his rents without any responsi bility for the condition of the people. Produce this responsi b:lity, and then the evil of absenteeism may be defied.: I maintain that in no other way can absenteeism be corrected. It is perfectly absurd to talk of a tax upon absenteeism, so long as the Union between Great Britain and Ireland is to be sustained. It is onlydiverting the minds of the peoplefrom a real of j?ct to an ignisfrutus. The evil of pauperism, is not confined to the estates of ab sentees. I maintain that there is not an ev:l found cn such estates, which is not often found in an aggravated ferns on the estates of residents. No one who has a practical know ledge of Ireland can deny this.. I call then for a Poor-law such as will make the landlord ? whether absent or present, in a just degree responsible for the condition of those salsa de rive from him, in so far (and in so far only), as the pr( fi sof the labour of the occupiers are drained into his pocket through the medium of excessive rent. This can he done by a proper regulation of the ratepaying clauses, with reference to the proportion of rent to the estimated value, and in connection with a judicious law of settlement. I have endeavoured in the foregoing observaticnis, to show as briefly as possible, the causes which have directly operated in producing Irish poverty; and I have drawn the conclusions that the evil has been created by the non-responsibility of the landlord, and can only be corrects d by such a Poor-law as will create that responsibity. In th e second part of these ob servations I shall inquire whether a Nor-law such as the Bill now proposed, divested of a law of s tTitlement of any descrip tion, and limited to workhouse relief; can have any useful operation in relieving or removing the poverty of Ireland. W. SHARMAN - . CRAWFORD. Crawfordsburn, near Benyon, Ireland, Jan. 31, 1838. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—As the Meeting in the Borough of Southwark, yes terday, did not terminate until fiy. o'clock, I must confess my surprise at seeing a report thereof in your Evening Paper of that day, although, as a constant reader of your valuable Paper, I have seen much of the celerity with which you (regardless of cost or difficulty) publish Reports. My object in troubling you with this communication is to beg the correction of an error in the report of the remarks I felt it my duty to make at the Meeting alluded to, principally because it refers to a historical' fact. My statement was, that in the sixth year of the reign of William and Mary the Triennal Bill was passed, which had previously been rejected by the King—and not the Bill of Rights, which was sworn to by the King and Queen on their accession. Your insertion of this, in correction of the above, for the reason stated, will increase the obligation I am under, as a humble individual of the public, to your exertions in the cause of the people. In haste, yours respectfully, J. C. BARNES, 131, Tooley-street. Thursday, July I, 1838. [The above stood over from the pressure of Parliamentary and other news.] TO THE EDITOR OF THE SU2V. Mr. EDlTOR,—Seeing in your last night's leader an in. voluntary error, permit me to set you right.. You state that the Irish Waste Land Improvement Company have met with no encouragement from any Irish landlord; whereas at this moment we have taken an extensive tract in the county of Galway from Sir John Burke and his Noble uncle the Mar quis of Clanricarde, upon which operations are actively com mencing. A SHAREHOLDER AND MEMBER OF GRAY'S INN. Gray's Inn, Feb. 6, 1838. MASONIC FESTIVAL to CELEBRATE THE ANNIVERSARY of the BIRTH-DAY of HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS the DUKE of SUSSEX. The annual celebration of the birth-day of the illustrious Grand Master of the fraternity of Freemasons was held yes terday at the Freemasons' Tavern. The assemblage of the brethren on all occasions when honcur is to be done to the il lustrious and popular Grand Master is very great ; but it was yesterday more than usually numerous in consequence of its having become generally known that the Earl of Durham, R. W. Grand Master for Northumberland and Durham, would preside. Shortly after five o'clock the company began to assemble, and among those whom we observed were the Deputy Grand Master, Lord John Churchill, and the following Provincial Grand Masters :—Colonel Kemys Tynte, Colonel Baillie, M.P. ; Colonel Wildman, J. Ramsbottom, Esq., Honourable T. Dundas, Messrs. M'Gillivray, Alston, Reid, and Lewis. There were also present Mr. C. J. K. Tynte, M. P. ; Mr. Easthope, M. P. ; Messrs. Marjlrihanks, Willett, Prescott, H. F. Stephenson, the Rev. G. A. Brown, the Rev. J. Vane, the Rev. W. Fallofield, Dr. Crucifex, Lord Durhait, &c. The Earl of Durham entered the room shortly after six o'clock, and was greeted with immense applause upon tak ing the Chair. He was supported on the right and left by Lord John Churchhill and Colonel Tynte. Air. Fox Manic was expected to have officiated as vice-chairman on the oc casion, but his absence was satisfactorily accounted for, being at present in Scotland on his canvas for the Elgin district of burghs. On the cloth being removed the CHAIRMAN proposed the health of the " Queen," which was received with immense cheering, which continued for several minutes. " The Queen Dowager and the rest of the Royal Family" was then proposed from the chair, and drunk with applause. The CHAIRMAN then rose to propose the health of " The illustrious Grand Master of the Maternity of Freemasons, his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex."—( Immense cheering.) There had been no less than five members of the Royal Family members of the fraternity, but of all these his Royal Highness was the only survivor. It was, however, sonic consolation to know that the illustrious daughter of one of the five now filled the throne of this kingdom. —(Cheers.) The health of his Royal Highness was then drunk amidst tumultu ous cheering. Lord J. CHURCHILL then proposed " The health of their Chairman, the Earl of Durham—a prosperous voyage to him to Canada, and a speedy return." . . The toast was received with the utmost eathusiasm. The Earl of DURHAM returned thanks. In allusion to his approaching journey to Canada, he said that in the important and difficult duties which were allotted to him in that country, he hoped he should ever be guided by the principles which adorned the craft. He hoped that he should ever recollect that the main characteristics of masonry were - charity and forgive. ness to all mankind.—( Cheers.) The usual toasts followed, which we deem it unnecessary to enumerate. The Chairman left the cha'r at ten o'clock, and on leaving the room was followed by a large portion of the company. TWOPENNY POST IN LONDON. Our readers are already aware that the Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced his intention of flying in the face of the Report of the Post-office Commissioners, in the experie ment to be made on Mr. Hill's plan for reduction of postage, and the use of stamped covers. The Commissioners have recommended that the charge of twonecce and threepence in London, and the district extending to twelve miles all round it, shall be reduced to one penny, provided this sum be laid out in stamped covers, at the price of one penny each. The Chancell )r of the Exchequer, who never was nor will be wise in his generation, has proposcig to continue the present rate of postage by charging twopenn instead of a penny for the covers. No reflecting man would have thought of such a thing. The public will never buy covers at twonence each, whea they may send their letters without ()vas fo tnopence each : the attempt must fail, and bring with it a distrust of Mr. Hill's plan, which will not be tried although it will be strangled. We make these remarks preliminary to stating that a most sensible, well-timed petition is to be presented to-mor row in the House of Commons on this subject by Mr. Wallace. The petition is from the Chamber of Commerce of the city of Edinburgh. It has been printed by the House of Commons, and its prayer is, that the plan proposei by the Chancellor of the Exchequer may not be sanctioned by that body, because it would be an unfair test of Mr. Rowland Hill's plan, and consequently injurious to the wishes expressed in its favour by all ranks and classes in the kingdom. We earnestly recommend to all those Members who are fa vourable to Mr. Hill's proposals for cheapening postage, or whose constituents have petitioned in its behalf, to be in their places to-morrow evening, to hear what reasons the Chancel lor of the Exchequer assigns for resisting the recommenda tion of the Commissioners of Post-office Inquiry, and substi tuting in its stead a silly conceit ; and also to assist Mr. Wal lace in convincing the Right Hon. Gentleman of his error, and the opposition he must expect, and the disappointment the public will sustain, should he persist in his scheme. COMMISSION OF LUNACY.—Yesterday at ten o'clock, •a Commission of Lunacy was opened before Mr. Phillimore, at the house of Georg.: Davenport, Esq., Para dise-row, Stoke Newington, in order to enquire whether that gentleman is of sound mind, and capable of managing his property. This gentleman has for some time evinced great eccentricity ; one instance of which has been to have many texts of Scripture connected with the relative duties of life, painted within and without side of his house. LEAP-FROG ON SKATES.—TwO young men at at Ufford, in Suffulk, attemptcd, on the - 28th ult., whilst skating at a rapid rate to leap over a boy upon the ice. One of them cleared his leap safely, to the astonishment of the bye-standers, but the point of one of the skates of the other became entangled in the boy's jacket, and the juniper fell with considerable violence. ALMANAC PROPHECIES.—Mr. Legood, a mem ber of the Diss Mutual Improvement S:)ciety, on Tuesday last, delivered an excellent and instructive lecture " on the natural causes of the weather," in which he advanced several hypotheses respecting the causes of the changes in the atmos phere. The Lecturer severely condemned the credulity of the people in placing reliance on the erroneous suppositions contained in the Prophetic Almanacks, so widely circulated at the present day, and which shows that the age of superstition and folly has not yet passed away, notwithstanding the rapid march of intellect ; for although the v:lriations of the weather are dependent upon a variety of natural ca uses, still th . eie is a multiplicity of other causes so inexplicable that it is impos sible for man to predict the future , it being alone subservient to the will of Him " who rides u p on the whirlwind, and directs the storm."—Suffulk Chronicle. . WARD SCHOOLS OF FARRINGDON-WITHI.N.--... Mr. Deputy Westwood has presented the sum of 100/. to the Girls' House School Department, where a great number of children are fed lodged, clothed, and educated, so as to qualify them fer domestic servitude. Th e Worthy Deputyhas been moved to t his in gratitude to his constituents, for tbes splendid present they lately made to Thomas Kelly, Esq., the' late Lord Mayor.